Takao Saitō

Cinematographer. Born 5 March 1929 in Kyoto, Japan. Died 6 December 2014.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

5 March 1929, Kyoto, Japan

Died

6 December 2014

Active

1954–1985

Frequently works with

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Tatsuya Nakadai

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

91Fi1m

86Critics

We rate Takao’s work 6 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 790

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 10 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $940m across 4 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1954–1985

Genres

Drama4
Action2
Thriller2
Crime1
History1
Mystery1

Best and worst on Fi1m

95BestSeven Samurai1954

88WorstYojimbo1961

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11950s

171960s

51970s

51980s

41990s

12000s

Directors most worked with

Akira Kurosawa2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Tatsuya Nakadai2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1986Best Cinematography · Ran

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.